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'Song of Myself,' 'When I Read the Book,' and 'One's Self I Sing' by Walt Whitman

With the plain-speaking simplicity that was his trademark, Whitman constructed this poem in such a rhythmic way that it could be s...

'When Lilacs Last in Dooryard Bloom'd' by Walt Whitman

the natural surroundings, with the death of a powerful man. More often than not we, as human beings, keep memories of such powerfu...

Native Americans as Perceived by Walt Whitman

now" (Whitman, 2005). Clearly, this illustrates his belief that heaven and hell are right here on earth, which was a very controv...

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

center of the work is that which relates to length and depth. This is the longest poem in the work and it is a poem that deeply an...

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of William Wordsworth and Walt Whitman

For example, in verse six, Whitman is ". . . Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms/strong and content I tra...

Longfellow, Whitman and Dickinson

A 5 page paper which examines one poem from Longfellow, Whitman, and Dickinson. The poems examined are The poets, and their poems,...

Romantic Era British Poets

a specific time or age. While romanticism will be prominent in certain epochs, because in its essential characteristics it is a sp...

Differences in Silence in Poetry of the East and West

was the spirit of Zen, as he drew his imagery from the "taproots" of the earth, the presence of a moment (Hassain, 1995). The "su...

Olson and Whitman

the same as every other human being; there is really no other way to interpret the line "For every atom belonging to me as good be...

Walt Whitman vs. Emily Dickinson

each individual word. Yet, paradoxically, poetry is that art form in which what is unsaid is often as important--or more importan...

'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' by Walt Whitman

President Abraham Lincoln's assassination is examined within the context of this poem by Walt Whitman in five pages with imagery a...

Science and 19th Century Romanticism

In thirteen pages this paper discusses the romantic aspects of science and poetry in a consideration of the works by poets includi...

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages Emerson's 'The Poet' essay is used to evaluate the writings of Walt Whitman. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Birds in Literature

In three pages this paper examines the symbolic meaning of birds in Walt Whitman's poem 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking' and ...

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman

himself with a sense of timelessness. Each of the poets gives the reader a sense of a good friend explaining something with an at...

On the Beach at Night by Walt Whitman

stanza carries the fathers musings further as he tells his child that there is "Something...more immortal than the stars" (Whitman...

Life and Works of Walt Whitman

the Civil War and when he heard that his brother was wounded he left for Fredericksburg and cared for his brother, along with othe...

'A Noiseless Patient Spider' by Walt Whitman

Whitmans lyric style -- "A Noiseless Patient Spider." Although the subject of the poem is a lonely spider, the tone is formal, wh...

Human Nature and the Poetry of Walt Whitman

this reveals his positive outlook toward the world and his own existence, and allows the reader some comprehension as to his value...

Whitman: "Song of Myself"

except "en-masse" (Morace). Whitman refers to equality again in Section 5 when he says "...all the men ever born are also my brot...

Romanticism and Lord Byron

shivering in the gale/ The bark unfurls her snowy sail/ And whistling oer the bending mast/Loud sings n high the freshning blast" ...

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In six pages the influence of Emerson upon Whitman's poetry is examined with the primary focus being 'Song of Myself' and poetic l...

Social Inequities According to Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Eugene O'Neill

just enough on the ball to attempt to rise to a higher level. However, the plays hero is not a particularly unique or sensitive i...

American 'Palefaces' and 'Redskins' in Literature

In five pages this report discusses the 'pale face' or 'redskin' literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth century with the 'pal...

Poetic Spiders

seems to be making a statement about independence of spirit, but an involvement with mankind. "I markd where on a little promontor...

Expression Changes in the Later Poetry of Walt Whitman

. . . perceives that it waits a little while in the door . . . that it was fittest for its days . . . that its action has...

New Yorkers Walt Whitman, Frederick Law Olmsted and the NYC Military's Contributions

in colonial America and grew impressively after the Revolution, with ship production centering on the East River (NY Maritime Cult...

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

Whitman and Dickinson In both of these poems, the tone of the poem is conversational. Each poet has preserved within the rhythm o...

Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, and Their Poetry of Death

transcribe concerning the inevitable. One author notes that "The central theme arouses from Whitmans pantheistic view of life, fro...

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of Robert Frost and Walt Whitman

and regular stress would at first strike his reader with incredulous amazement. But he was hardly prepared for the storm of abuse ...